polologyn.
/pəʊˈlɒlədʒi/, U.S. /poʊˈlɑlədʒi/ Particle Physics.
The mathematical theory of Regge poles.
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1961 Nuovo Cimento 22 214 (heading) Polology and ND−1 solutions in the multiple-channel problems.
1964 S. DeBenedetti Nucl. Interactions vii. 471 This simple argument forms the basis of much of the present-day thinking about strong forces: perturbation methods may not be justified in general, but they are expected to give correct results near the predicted ‘resonances’ or ‘poles’. The theory developed along these lines has received the informal name of ‘polology’.
1988 Progress Theoret. Physics Suppl. 97 a 46 (heading) Asymptotic properties of scattering amplitudes—Regge polology.
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